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European Championships JK Festival of Orienteering British SUMMER 2014 THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF BRITISH ORIENTEERING INSIDE THIS ISSUE European Championships JK Festival of Orienteering British Championships Xplorer Update Photo: Peter Hodkinson sprinting to victory at the JK. Credit: Rob Lines New Head of Development Welcome to British Orienteering coaches into 4 communities across Greater Manchester. Compasspoint are the proud would like to welcome supplier of Noname clothing, the Great Britain Orienteering Craig Anthony to Previously I was also the British Orienteering club development lead in It is with great sadness that I am leaving Team’s official kit supplier. British Orienteering after 9 happy years who joins us as the Greater Manchester where I worked with voluntary with the organisation. Working at British Visit the Compasspoint event shop to buy from the extensive Head of Development. clubs to assist them in Orienteering has been a great experience and I have been fortunate to work with a Craig says, “I’m excited to identifying funding, work range of the latest kit or visit our website: fantastic team of people, ably led by Mike be joining the team as my towards accreditation and Hamilton. www.compasspoint-online.co.uk experience of working with develop their governance structures. orienteering, as part of my When you are caught up with the day to previous role at Greater Sport, day workload it is often easy to forget all Sport has played a Club clothing orders welcome. Visit: has always been extremely that you (and the team) have achieved large part in my life; positive and I look forward over the years, but on reflection now I it has opened up lots www.nonamesport.com to working with the wider can see that we have taken great strides of opportunities to orienteering community to forward within the sport and achieved and use the MYDESIGN Tool to design your clubs new clothing. me and has always achieve growth in participation. many things that I am very proud of. provided me with a large group of friends who share a One of my favourite jobs is putting At GreaterSport I was the lead He joins the team at an exciting similar interest. As a qualified together Focus magazine. It is always a contact for national governing time as we aim to build on the coach in a number of sports I challenge sourcing editorial right up to the bodies (NGB) and have worked success of last year, which saw have the ability to support and last minute but I then have the pleasure with the majority of the 46 the creation of our new Sport develop the skills of others. I of bringing it all to life with our designer nationally funded NGBs at all England funded products and an see sport as a vital component Glynn at GR Creative who I must thank levels of their organisations overall increase in participation. in any person’s life and as such for making our magazine one of the best from Chief Executives to local Craig will also be using his feel it is my duty to encourage looking of any National Governing Body. officers to develop projects past experience to support and everyone to maintain a lifelong I will be editing the next edition in and programmes to increase develop clubs and volunteers to participation in sport and October so you will be hearing from me participation. I worked closely ensure a gateway into traditional with British Orienteering physical activity. again! As always, if you would like to orienteering is provided and that contribute to Focus magazine, email: to develop and roll out a club officials and volunteers are programme around the Mike Hamilton says, “After an [email protected] extensive recruitment process adequately supported. On behalf Community O initiative where On a final note, many members regularly the Board and staff welcome of all our members I would like we recruited, trained, developed ask me about my shooting career and Craig to British Orienteering as to wish Craig every success in his and deployed Community O I am delighted to announce that I will our new Head of Development. new role.” be competing at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. As an athlete myself, I appreciate how much hard work is required to compete at the highest level and so I will of course be looking forward WOC 2015 to reporting on WOC in the next edition. Maximising Development Opportunities Good luck to all the team! By Hilary Quick Caroline Povey Marketing Manager My last article for Focus be well addressed with regular describe suitable activities well). referred to the notion of (preferably weekly) club meets Some of these activities need “momentum” rather than where you go out and play, resources to be created and a “legacy” as the key to perhaps with an element of selction will be available via the developing the sport (ie. don’t racing, but not necessarily. WOC2015 website soon. Your expect to suddenly start stuff Various “clubnight” formats exist additional suggestions will be Contents after the event), and I raised and these can be adapted to suit most welcome. New Staff & WOC 2015 3 some questions. Quite a the situation. Chief Executive’s Update 4 number of people contacted Across Scotland we will be me with positive views, and I Articles elsewhere have described providing free one-day “Coaching NFU Mutual Membership Pages 6 hope there’s been some fruitful novel competition formats, Foundation” courses. This course European Championships 8 discussions in clubs. Here’s a but I suggest that clubs should will give experienced orienteers Catherine Taylor Profile 10 reminder of what I asked: encourage the kind of playing an introduction to the skills that reminds us of the fun and and techniques they can use to JK Festival of Orienteering 12 • how do you welcome new satisfaction that our sport gives. ensure that a newcomer’s early JK Mapping 16 members? It’s well known that if you’re experience of the sport is totally • how do you build members’ always racing, you’re not going positive – hence the inclusion Coaching Update 17 orienteering skills? to improve your skills as much as as part of WOC “Development”. British Orienteering 18 • what do you do as a club? if you just get out there and play. These free courses are exclusively Championships • how well would you cope A race has only one winner, but for members of SOA clubs, Development Team Update 22 Compass Point, PO Box 274, Lytham St Annes, Lancs. FY8 9FX with a sudden influx of if everyone masters a skill, you’re as they have been funded by Tel: +44 (0) 1253 795597 Fax: +44 (0) 1253 739460 // email: [email protected] newcomers? all winners! sportscotland; however, we are Xplorer to Clubs 24 • how do you support your looking at possibilities of running MDOC Night League 26 A good coach will be able to coaches? similar courses in England. Major Events Update 28 • how effectively do you draw produce ideas for activities quite newcomers in? easily, and many have appeared Please get in touch if you’d like York City Race 29 elsewhere (indeed there are a course to be run near you: Contacts 30 The first three questions can several excellent books that [email protected] More People, More Places, More Podiums (MP3) 3 A lot seems to have happened since the a coach has been through the The insurers cannot provide public in what is a good deal for Caroline Hopefully by the time you read criminal record checking process liability cover at a reasonable price and the company. Caroline has this you may also have had the Chief Executive’s last edition of Focus. I’ll try to highlight and you should always make sure for all participants at an event in made a massive impact on British pleasure of watching Caroline any coach you are using to coach a single package, members and Orienteering and has acted as competing at the Commonwealth By Mike Hamilton, the key issues that you should be aware children or vulnerable adults has non-members; it is simply not a my ‘second in charge’ during the Games in Glasgow. Caroline is Chief Executive of with a series of short updates. been cleared. Due to the changes sustainable solution for us as it last few years. Much of the work a regular member of the Great Update in the law the checking process will cost too much per event and Caroline has led on including Britain Shooting team and is the is slightly different in each of the entail significant administrative the print portal, our website, current British Champion but this home nations and we cannot overhead. membership database, Focus will be her first Commonwealth require a check if a coach is not magazine and the branding and Games. The insurers accept that some working directly with children. resourcing to support Xplorer are Coaching participants can ‘play’ the system held up by our by travelling to events in different Board of Like most governing funding partners Insurance areas and participating in more bodies of sport we have as examples of then three ‘come and try it’ events. Directors been battling with a There’s been quite a lot of email good practice, qualification system Lines Rob Credit traffic regarding the insurance Clubs, club officials, event officials even though The Board is now in its that has not quite scheme, particularly from clubs and members all have public we are a small next incarnation with met our needs. After a in Scotland, although the issues liability cover regardless and all governing body.
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